Chester County Dwell.com – 10.07.2009
Sniff. Swirl. Sip. Repeat.
Then there’s Root, a novel root-beer liqueur, which is also ready for you to sample.
Just out this summer, Root’s successful debut comes from a Philadelphia company uniting slow design and all things handmade: Art in the Mechanical Age of Reproduction. The potent spirit is 100% organic, made from an 18th-century Pennsylvania folk recipe which eventually became birch or root beer.
The alcohol removed during the Temperance Movement has been reunited with the classic ingredients for a rustic and rich root beer flavor (without the sassafras now known for its carcinogenic potential).
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